A soundtrack album will be released for the British indie romantic drama Around the Sun. The album features the film’s original music composed by Steven Gutheinz (Night of the Living Deb, Why We Ride). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 22 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Around the Sun is directed by Oliver Krimpas and stars Cara Theobold and Gethin Anthony. The movie is set at a repossessed chateau in France and follows a film location scout who falls for its flirtatious representative, who recounts the story of an influential book written there. The drama will have its world premiere next month at the Cleveland International Film Festival. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Around the Sun’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 13, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Around the Sun, Oliver Krimpas, score, Soundtrack, Steven Gutheinz
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Brian Tyler to Score Tyler Gillett’s & Matt Bettinelli-Olpin’s ‘Ready or Not’
Posted: March 12, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brian Tyler, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Ready or Not, Tyler Gillett
Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Fast & Furious, Crazy Rich Asians) has been hired to score the upcoming thriller Ready or Not. The film is directed by Tyler Gillett & Matt Bettinelli-Olpin (Devil’s Due) and stars Samara Weaving, Andie MacDowell, Adam Brody, Mark O’Brien and Henry Czerny. The movie centers on a young bride as she joins her new husband’s rich, eccentric family in a time-honored tradition that turns into a lethal game with everyone fighting for their survival. Read the rest of this entry »
CBS’ ‘The Red Line’ to Feature Music by Blake Neely & Sherri Chung
Posted: March 12, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Blake Neely, CBS, Sherri Chung, The Red Line
Blake Neely & Sherri Chung are scoring the upcoming CBS limited series The Red Line. The show is created by Caitlin Parrish & Erica Weiss and stars Noah Wyle, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Noel Fisher, Howard Charles, Aliyah Royale, Michael Patrick Thornton, Vinny Chhibber and Elizabeth Laidlaw. The 8-part drama follows three very different Chicago families as they journey toward hope and healing after a tragedy causes them all to consider how race and racial biases affect their lives. Ava DuVernay (Selma, A Wrinkle in Time) is executive producing the Warner Bros. Television & CBS Television Studios production with Greg Berlanti & Sarah Schechter, Parrish, Sunil Nayar (Revenge) and Kevin Hooks (Prison Break). Read the rest of this entry »
John Debney & Germaine Franco to Score James Bobin’s ‘Dora the Explorer’
Posted: March 12, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dora the Explorer, Germaine Franco, James Bobin, John Debney
John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, The Jungle Book, Iron Man 2) & Germaine Franco (Tag, Dope) are teaming up to score the upcoming family adventure Dora the Explorer. The film is directed by James Bobin (The Muppets, Muppets Most Wanted) and stars Isabela Moner, Eugenio Derbez, Eva Longoria, Michael Peña, Jeffery Wahlberg, Nicholas Coombe, Madeleine Madden, Adriana Barraza, Q’orianka Kilcher, Pia Miller and Temuera Morrison. Benicio del Toro also stars as the voice of Swiper. The movie is based on Nickelodeon’s animated TV series and follows the title character as she has to save her parents and solve the impossible mystery behind a lost Inca civilization. Read the rest of this entry »
’70 Big Ones’ (’70 Binladens’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 12, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 70 Big Ones, 70 Binladens, Fernando Velazquez, score, Soundtrack
Quartet Records has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish thriller 70 Big Ones (70 Binladens). The album features the film’s original music composed by Fernando Velazquez (The Impossible, The Orphanage, Mama, A Monster Calls, Devil, Hercules, Crimson Peak). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check the full track list and listen to out audio samples. A CD version will be coming out later this month. 70 Big Ones is directed by Koldo Serra and stars Emma Suárez, Nathalie Poza, Hugo Silva, Bárbara Goenaga, Daniel Pérez Prada, Kandido Uranga and Susana Abaitua. The thriller just opened in Spanish theaters this past weekend. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Russo Scoring Hulu’s ‘The Act’
Posted: March 11, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hulu, Jeff Russo, Nick Antosca, The Act
Jeff Russo (Fargo, Legion, Star Trek: Discovery, The Night Of) is the composer of the new Hulu original series The Act. The show is created by Nick Antosca & Michelle Dean based on an original Buzzfeed article by Dean and stars Patricia Arquette, Joey King, Chloë Sevigny, AnnaSophia Robb and Calum Worthy. The first season of the anthology series follows a girl trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her overprotective mother and opens a Pandora’s box of secrets, one that ultimately leads to murder. Antosca (The Forest) & Dean are also executive producing the project with Greg Shephard and Britton Rizzio (American Ultra). Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Lifetime’s ‘The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe’ to Be Released
Posted: March 11, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: David Carbonara, Lifetime, score, Soundtrack, The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
Strong Place Music will release a soundtrack album for the Lifetime mini-series The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe. The album features the film’s original music composed by David Carbonara (Mad Men, The Guru, Spanking the Monkey, Are You Here, The Romanoffs). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, March 15 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe is directed by Laurie Collyer and stars Kelli Garner, Susan Sarandon, Emily Watson, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Eva Amurri Martino. The 2-parter explores Monroe’s complicated relationships with her mother, foster mother and legal guardian, her struggles with mental illness and her ties with the Kennedys. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Elfman & Chris Bacon to Score F. Gary Gray’s ‘Men in Black: International’
Posted: March 11, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Bacon, Danny Elfman, F. Gary Gray, Men in Black, Men in Black: International
Danny Elfman & Chris Bacon have been tapped to score the upcoming sci-fi comedy Men in Black: International. The film is directed by F. Gary Gray (Straight Outta Compton, The Italian Job) and stars Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Rebecca Ferguson, Kumail Nanjiani, Rafe Spall, Laurent Bourgeois, Larry Bourgeois, Emma Thompson and Liam Neeson. The movie follows the title characters as they tackle their biggest, most global threat to date: a mole in the Men in Black organization. Art Marcum & Matt Holloway (Iron Man) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Arcade Fire’s ‘Baby Mine’ Cover from ‘Dumbo’ Released
Posted: March 11, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Arcade Fire, Dumbo, Tim Burton
Walt Disney Records has released Arcade Fire‘s cover of the song Baby Mine from Tim Burton’s live-action film adaptation of Disney’s Dumbo. The track was originally written by Frank Churchill and Ned Washington for the studio’s 1941 animated movie and was newly recorded for the end credits sequence of the remake. The song is being released as a digital single today and is now available to download on Amazon. Listen to the full track after the jump. A full soundtrack album for the movie, which also features Danny Elfman’s score, will be released digitally on March 29 and physically the following week. The CD version will be available to pre-order here within the next few days. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 10, 2019)
Posted: March 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Acorn TV, American Gods, Anna Waronker, Burn Out, Craig Wedren, Danny Bensi, Death & Robots, Dhani Harrison, Grégoire Auger, HBO, Hulu, James Lavelle, Love, Manhunt, Netflix, Niall Byrne, Paul Hicks, Rob Cairns, Saunder Jurriaans, Shrill, Starz, The Case Against Adnan Syed, Turn Up Charlie
Premiering tonight is the second season of the Starz original series American Gods based on Neil Gaiman’s fantasy novel and starring Ian McShane, Ricky Whittle, Yetide Badaki, Crispin Glover, Orlando Jones, Dean Winters, Devery Jacobs, Sakina Jaffrey and Kahyun Kim. Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Boy Erased, Ozark, The Gift, Enemy, Martha Marcy May Marlene) are the new composers of the show. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the series, which will air every Sunday night on Starz.
Also premiering tonight is the HBO docu-series The Case Against Adnan Syed directed by Amy Berg about the 1999 murder of 18-year-old Baltimore County high school student Hae Min Lee, and the subsequent conviction of her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed. The show’s original music is composed by Dhani Harrison & Paul Hicks (Beautiful Creatures, Learning to Drive, The Divide, Outsiders). Check out our previous article for more information about the 4-part series. Read the rest of this entry »
